When you know every song in your MP3 playlist off by heart, there's only one thing left to do - turn on the radio. One way of tuning in is by finding an individual station and listening live, but this limits you to one station at a time and, if you don't already know the name of a certain station, you'll never be able to find it.

Nexus Radio is a desktop application that streams thousands of radio stations right to your desktop, meaning you don't have to go hunting on the Internet. The slick interface is packed full of features and options, while the stations themselves are easy to negotiate. Nexus Radio's selection of broadcasters is arranged by musical style, station name, bitrate and format. Although I have to admit that I had never heard of lots of the stations on offer, there is a great variety in all genres and I had no problem finding plenty of music that I was happy to listen to.

When you get bored of listening to streamed radio, Nexus Radio also lets you search for individual artists and songs, playing the result immediately or saving it for later. You can mark songs and artists as favorites, for easy access later, tag them, and even directly record audio to your computer. If all that that wasn't enough, the program comes with some cool visualizations, as well as integration with Facebook and Nexus Radio's own social network.

Despite the great selection of radio stations and extensive options, Nexus Radio has a few issues that make listening slightly less comfortable than it could be. Adding favorites is not very intuitive, something that complicates the playing of results found via the search. In addition to this, many of the additional features must be managed via the Nexus Radio webpage, which doesn't make the experience entirely self-contained. Nonetheless, Nexus Radio is a great little streaming application, and if a few fiddly problems don't bother you, you're sure to be grooving away almost as soon as you download.

Nexus Radio's great selection of stations means there's sure to be something for everyone.